Joan Catanzarite is the lucky winner of the 1.3 million dollar jackpot in Akwesasne casino. Catanzarite managed to win this jackpot while playing the Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the casino. This slot machine is connected to hundreds of other slot machines around the country and the current progressive jackpot was the highest ever won at a gaming facility in the North Country.

The winner, Catanzarite, chose to take her winnings in 26 annual payments and announced that the money will be used to pay for college for her daughters. Catanzarite said that she didn't had much experience with this slot machine before but when the machine flashed a message asking for a slot-machine attendant, she knew that she was going to win, but her jackpot was even higher than she expected.